Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1455 Apr 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1455 Apr 16 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 120-second intervals. This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps. Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun, the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees), the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds). See the Explanation of the Central Eclipse Path Table for a description of each column in the table.

The geographic visibility of the eclipse is shown on a global map on the Prime Page for the Eclipse which also includes complete details on the eclipse. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on an interactive Google Map .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1455 Apr 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°38.1'N116°39.3'E12°08.9'N117°59.7'E13°23.1'N117°20.1'E 0.933 - 301 km 04m23.8s
21:56 - - 14°48.7'N127°30.1'E14°45.6'N122°41.3'E 0.934 78° 297 km 04m29.3s
21:5816°30.5'N123°53.5'E16°01.7'N131°06.3'E16°22.6'N128°02.5'E 0.935 11° 79° 293 km 04m35.8s
22:0017°53.1'N128°21.2'E17°00.8'N133°46.8'E17°29.2'N131°17.9'E 0.936 15° 81° 290 km 04m40.2s
22:0218°55.1'N131°21.9'E17°52.5'N135°58.5'E18°25.0'N133°48.8'E 0.937 18° 82° 287 km 04m43.8s
22:0419°48.2'N133°45.5'E18°39.6'N137°52.1'E19°14.6'N135°54.9'E 0.938 21° 83° 285 km 04m47.1s
22:0620°36.0'N135°47.1'E19°23.2'N139°32.8'E20°00.0'N137°44.7'E 0.938 23° 84° 283 km 04m50.0s
22:0821°20.0'N137°33.9'E20°04.3'N141°03.9'E20°42.3'N139°22.8'E 0.939 25° 85° 281 km 04m52.8s
22:1022°01.2'N139°09.8'E20°43.2'N142°27.5'E21°22.3'N140°51.9'E 0.939 27° 86° 279 km 04m55.4s
22:1222°40.3'N140°37.3'E21°20.5'N143°45.0'E22°00.4'N142°14.0'E 0.940 29° 87° 277 km 04m57.9s
22:1423°17.5'N141°58.1'E21°56.3'N144°57.5'E22°36.9'N143°30.3'E 0.940 30° 88° 275 km 05m00.2s
22:1623°53.4'N143°13.6'E22°30.8'N146°05.7'E23°12.0'N144°41.9'E 0.940 32° 89° 273 km 05m02.5s
22:1824°27.9'N144°24.4'E23°04.3'N147°10.4'E23°46.0'N145°49.5'E 0.941 33° 90° 271 km 05m04.7s
22:2025°01.4'N145°31.5'E23°36.8'N148°12.0'E24°18.9'N146°53.6'E 0.941 35° 91° 269 km 05m06.8s
22:2225°33.8'N146°35.2'E24°08.4'N149°10.8'E24°50.9'N147°54.8'E 0.941 36° 92° 267 km 05m08.8s
22:2426°05.4'N147°36.1'E24°39.2'N150°07.3'E25°22.1'N148°53.4'E 0.941 38° 93° 266 km 05m10.8s
22:2626°36.3'N148°34.5'E25°09.3'N151°01.7'E25°52.6'N149°49.7'E 0.942 39° 94° 264 km 05m12.7s
22:2827°06.4'N149°30.7'E25°38.8'N151°54.3'E26°22.4'N150°44.0'E 0.942 40° 95° 262 km 05m14.6s
22:3027°35.9'N150°25.0'E26°07.6'N152°45.2'E26°51.5'N151°36.5'E 0.942 41° 96° 261 km 05m16.4s
22:3228°04.8'N151°17.6'E26°35.9'N153°34.6'E27°20.1'N152°27.4'E 0.942 42° 97° 259 km 05m18.2s
22:3428°33.1'N152°08.6'E27°03.7'N154°22.7'E27°48.2'N153°16.9'E 0.943 43° 98° 258 km 05m19.9s
22:3629°01.0'N152°58.2'E27°30.9'N155°09.7'E28°15.7'N154°05.2'E 0.943 44° 99° 256 km 05m21.6s
22:3829°28.3'N153°46.7'E27°57.7'N155°55.5'E28°42.8'N154°52.3'E 0.943 46° 101° 255 km 05m23.3s
22:4029°55.2'N154°34.0'E28°24.1'N156°40.4'E29°09.4'N155°38.3'E 0.943 47° 102° 253 km 05m24.8s
22:4230°21.7'N155°20.4'E28°50.0'N157°24.4'E29°35.6'N156°23.5'E 0.943 47° 103° 252 km 05m26.4s
22:4430°47.8'N156°05.9'E29°15.5'N158°07.7'E30°01.4'N157°07.8'E 0.943 48° 105° 250 km 05m27.9s
22:4631°13.5'N156°50.6'E29°40.7'N158°50.3'E30°26.8'N157°51.4'E 0.944 49° 106° 249 km 05m29.4s
22:4831°38.8'N157°34.6'E30°05.5'N159°32.2'E30°51.9'N158°34.4'E 0.944 50° 108° 248 km 05m30.8s
22:5032°03.8'N158°17.9'E30°29.9'N160°13.6'E31°16.6'N159°16.7'E 0.944 51° 109° 246 km 05m32.2s
22:5232°28.4'N159°00.8'E30°54.0'N160°54.5'E31°40.9'N159°58.6'E 0.944 52° 111° 245 km 05m33.5s
22:5432°52.7'N159°43.1'E31°17.8'N161°34.9'E32°05.0'N160°39.9'E 0.944 53° 112° 244 km 05m34.8s
22:5633°16.7'N160°25.0'E31°41.2'N162°15.0'E32°28.7'N161°20.9'E 0.944 53° 114° 243 km 05m36.1s
22:5833°40.5'N161°06.6'E32°04.4'N162°54.8'E32°52.1'N162°01.5'E 0.944 54° 116° 242 km 05m37.3s
23:0034°03.9'N161°47.8'E32°27.2'N163°34.2'E33°15.2'N162°41.9'E 0.944 55° 117° 241 km 05m38.5s
23:0234°27.0'N162°28.8'E32°49.7'N164°13.5'E33°38.1'N163°21.9'E 0.945 56° 119° 239 km 05m39.7s
23:0434°49.8'N163°09.5'E33°12.0'N164°52.5'E34°00.6'N164°01.8'E 0.945 56° 121° 238 km 05m40.7s
23:0635°12.4'N163°50.1'E33°34.0'N165°31.4'E34°22.9'N164°41.5'E 0.945 57° 123° 237 km 05m41.8s
23:0835°34.7'N164°30.5'E33°55.7'N166°10.1'E34°44.9'N165°21.1'E 0.945 57° 125° 237 km 05m42.8s
23:1035°56.8'N165°10.9'E34°17.1'N166°48.8'E35°06.6'N166°00.6'E 0.945 58° 127° 236 km 05m43.8s
23:1236°18.6'N165°51.2'E34°38.3'N167°27.4'E35°28.1'N166°40.1'E 0.945 59° 129° 235 km 05m44.7s
23:1436°40.1'N166°31.5'E34°59.2'N168°06.0'E35°49.3'N167°19.5'E 0.945 59° 131° 234 km 05m45.6s
23:1637°01.4'N167°11.9'E35°19.9'N168°44.7'E36°10.3'N167°59.0'E 0.945 59° 133° 233 km 05m46.4s
23:1837°22.4'N167°52.3'E35°40.3'N169°23.4'E36°31.0'N168°38.5'E 0.945 60° 135° 232 km 05m47.2s
23:2037°43.2'N168°32.8'E36°00.4'N170°02.1'E36°51.5'N169°18.1'E 0.945 60° 138° 232 km 05m48.0s
23:2238°03.8'N169°13.4'E36°20.3'N170°41.0'E37°11.7'N169°57.9'E 0.945 61° 140° 231 km 05m48.6s
23:2438°24.1'N169°54.2'E36°39.9'N171°20.1'E37°31.6'N170°37.8'E 0.945 61° 142° 230 km 05m49.3s
23:2638°44.1'N170°35.2'E36°59.3'N171°59.3'E37°51.4'N171°17.8'E 0.945 61° 145° 230 km 05m49.9s
23:2839°04.0'N171°16.4'E37°18.4'N172°38.7'E38°10.8'N171°58.1'E 0.945 62° 147° 229 km 05m50.4s
23:3039°23.5'N171°57.9'E37°37.3'N173°18.3'E38°30.0'N172°38.7'E 0.945 62° 150° 229 km 05m50.9s
23:3239°42.9'N172°39.7'E37°55.9'N173°58.2'E38°49.0'N173°19.5'E 0.945 62° 152° 228 km 05m51.4s
23:3440°01.9'N173°21.8'E38°14.2'N174°38.4'E39°07.7'N174°00.6'E 0.945 62° 155° 228 km 05m51.8s
23:3640°20.8'N174°04.2'E38°32.4'N175°18.9'E39°26.2'N174°42.1'E 0.945 62° 157° 227 km 05m52.1s
23:3840°39.4'N174°47.1'E38°50.2'N175°59.8'E39°44.4'N175°23.9'E 0.945 62° 160° 227 km 05m52.4s
23:4040°57.7'N175°30.4'E39°07.8'N176°41.0'E40°02.4'N176°06.2'E 0.945 62° 163° 227 km 05m52.7s
23:4241°15.8'N176°14.1'E39°25.1'N177°22.6'E40°20.1'N176°48.8'E 0.945 62° 165° 226 km 05m52.9s
23:4441°33.6'N176°58.3'E39°42.2'N178°04.6'E40°37.5'N177°31.9'E 0.945 62° 168° 226 km 05m53.0s
23:4641°51.2'N177°43.0'E39°59.0'N178°47.1'E40°54.7'N178°15.5'E 0.945 62° 170° 226 km 05m53.1s
23:4842°08.5'N178°28.3'E40°15.5'N179°30.1'E41°11.6'N178°59.6'E 0.945 62° 173° 226 km 05m53.1s
23:5042°25.5'N179°14.2'E40°31.7'N179°46.4'W41°28.2'N179°44.3'E 0.945 62° 176° 226 km 05m53.1s
23:5242°42.2'N179°59.4'W40°47.7'N179°02.3'W41°44.6'N179°30.5'W 0.945 61° 178° 225 km 05m53.0s
23:5442°58.7'N179°12.2'W41°03.4'N178°17.7'W42°00.6'N178°44.7'W 0.945 61° 181° 225 km 05m52.9s
23:5643°14.9'N178°24.4'W41°18.8'N177°32.5'W42°16.4'N177°58.2'W 0.945 61° 183° 225 km 05m52.7s
23:5843°30.8'N177°35.9'W41°33.9'N176°46.6'W42°31.9'N177°11.0'W 0.945 61° 186° 225 km 05m52.4s
00:0043°46.4'N176°46.6'W41°48.6'N176°00.1'W42°47.1'N176°23.1'W 0.945 60° 188° 225 km 05m52.1s
00:0244°01.6'N175°56.5'W42°03.1'N175°12.9'W43°01.9'N175°34.5'W 0.945 60° 191° 226 km 05m51.7s
00:0444°16.6'N175°05.6'W42°17.3'N174°24.9'W43°16.5'N174°45.1'W 0.945 59° 193° 226 km 05m51.3s
00:0644°31.2'N174°13.8'W42°31.1'N173°36.2'W43°30.7'N173°54.9'W 0.945 59° 196° 226 km 05m50.8s
00:0844°45.5'N173°21.1'W42°44.6'N172°46.6'W43°44.6'N173°03.8'W 0.945 58° 198° 226 km 05m50.3s
00:1044°59.4'N172°27.4'W42°57.8'N171°56.2'W43°58.1'N172°11.8'W 0.945 58° 200° 226 km 05m49.7s
00:1245°13.0'N171°32.7'W43°10.6'N171°05.0'W44°11.3'N171°18.9'W 0.945 57° 203° 227 km 05m49.0s
00:1445°26.2'N170°37.0'W43°23.0'N170°12.8'W44°24.1'N170°25.0'W 0.945 57° 205° 227 km 05m48.3s
00:1645°39.1'N169°40.1'W43°35.0'N169°19.6'W44°36.5'N169°30.0'W 0.944 56° 207° 227 km 05m47.5s
00:1845°51.5'N168°42.1'W43°46.7'N168°25.4'W44°48.6'N168°34.0'W 0.944 55° 209° 228 km 05m46.6s
00:2046°03.5'N167°42.9'W43°58.0'N167°30.2'W45°00.2'N167°36.8'W 0.944 55° 211° 228 km 05m45.7s
00:2246°15.1'N166°42.5'W44°08.8'N166°33.8'W45°11.4'N166°38.5'W 0.944 54° 214° 229 km 05m44.8s
00:2446°26.2'N165°40.6'W44°19.2'N165°36.3'W45°22.2'N165°38.9'W 0.944 53° 216° 230 km 05m43.7s
00:2646°36.8'N164°37.4'W44°29.2'N164°37.6'W45°32.5'N164°38.0'W 0.944 52° 218° 230 km 05m42.6s
00:2846°47.0'N163°32.8'W44°38.7'N163°37.6'W45°42.3'N163°35.8'W 0.944 52° 220° 231 km 05m41.5s
00:3046°56.6'N162°26.5'W44°47.7'N162°36.3'W45°51.6'N162°32.1'W 0.944 51° 222° 232 km 05m40.3s
00:3247°05.8'N161°18.7'W44°56.2'N161°33.5'W46°00.5'N161°26.9'W 0.943 50° 224° 232 km 05m39.0s
00:3447°14.3'N160°09.2'W45°04.2'N160°29.3'W46°08.7'N160°20.1'W 0.943 49° 226° 233 km 05m37.6s
00:3647°22.3'N158°57.8'W45°11.6'N159°23.5'W46°16.4'N159°11.6'W 0.943 48° 228° 234 km 05m36.2s
00:3847°29.6'N157°44.5'W45°18.5'N158°16.1'W46°23.5'N158°01.4'W 0.943 47° 230° 235 km 05m34.8s
00:4047°36.3'N156°29.2'W45°24.7'N157°06.9'W46°29.9'N156°49.3'W 0.943 46° 232° 236 km 05m33.2s
00:4247°42.2'N155°11.8'W45°30.3'N155°55.8'W46°35.7'N155°35.2'W 0.943 45° 234° 237 km 05m31.7s
00:4447°47.5'N153°52.1'W45°35.2'N154°42.8'W46°40.8'N154°18.9'W 0.942 44° 235° 239 km 05m30.0s
00:4647°51.9'N152°29.9'W45°39.3'N153°27.7'W46°45.1'N153°00.4'W 0.942 43° 237° 240 km 05m28.3s
00:4847°55.5'N151°05.0'W45°42.7'N152°10.4'W46°48.6'N151°39.5'W 0.942 42° 239° 241 km 05m26.5s
00:5047°58.2'N149°37.4'W45°45.3'N150°50.6'W46°51.2'N150°16.0'W 0.942 41° 241° 243 km 05m24.6s
00:5247°59.9'N148°06.6'W45°47.0'N149°28.3'W46°52.9'N148°49.7'W 0.942 40° 243° 244 km 05m22.7s
00:5448°00.5'N146°32.5'W45°47.8'N148°03.1'W46°53.7'N147°20.3'W 0.941 39° 245° 246 km 05m20.7s
00:5648°00.1'N144°54.8'W45°47.5'N146°35.0'W46°53.3'N145°47.6'W 0.941 37° 247° 247 km 05m18.6s
00:5847°58.3'N143°13.0'W45°46.2'N145°03.4'W46°51.8'N144°11.2'W 0.941 36° 249° 249 km 05m16.4s
01:0047°55.2'N141°26.7'W45°43.6'N143°28.2'W46°49.0'N142°30.7'W 0.940 35° 251° 251 km 05m14.2s
01:0247°50.5'N139°35.3'W45°39.8'N141°48.9'W46°44.8'N140°45.7'W 0.940 33° 253° 253 km 05m11.8s
01:0447°44.0'N137°38.1'W45°34.4'N140°05.0'W46°38.9'N138°55.6'W 0.940 32° 255° 255 km 05m09.4s
01:0647°35.6'N135°34.2'W45°27.5'N138°15.9'W46°31.3'N136°59.7'W 0.939 30° 257° 258 km 05m06.8s
01:0847°24.9'N133°22.4'W45°18.6'N136°20.8'W46°21.7'N134°56.9'W 0.939 28° 259° 260 km 05m04.2s
01:1047°11.5'N131°01.2'W45°07.7'N134°18.8'W46°09.6'N132°46.0'W 0.939 27° 261° 263 km 05m01.3s
01:1246°54.8'N128°28.2'W44°54.2'N132°08.3'W45°54.8'N130°25.3'W 0.938 25° 264° 266 km 04m58.4s
01:1446°33.9'N125°40.0'W44°37.8'N129°47.6'W45°36.4'N127°52.3'W 0.938 22° 266° 269 km 04m55.2s
01:1646°07.5'N122°31.1'W44°17.6'N127°14.0'W45°13.6'N125°03.3'W 0.937 20° 269° 273 km 04m51.8s
01:1845°33.1'N118°51.3'W43°52.6'N124°23.2'W44°44.7'N121°52.0'W 0.936 18° 271° 277 km 04m48.0s
01:2044°45.0'N114°17.8'W43°20.9'N121°07.9'W44°06.8'N118°06.3'W 0.936 14° 275° 282 km 04m43.8s
01:2243°22.4'N107°23.4'W42°38.8'N117°13.3'W43°12.5'N113°16.9'W 0.935 11° 278° 288 km 04m38.5s
01:24 - - 41°36.0'N111°58.8'W41°23.0'N104°43.7'W 0.933 284° 299 km 04m30.0s
Limits41°33.0'N099°17.5'W39°05.7'N101°02.3'W40°19.0'N100°11.0'W 0.932 - 304 km 04m26.0s

ΔT = 244.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:43:59.123:39:54.340°01.5'N175°02.8'E 62.2° 162.4° 226.6 km05m52.68s
Greatest Duration23:52:04.023:47:59.341°11.5'N178°59.3'E 61.9° 173.0° 225.7 km05m53.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1455 Apr 16 were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates were calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass. Although the predictions are first calculated in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TD), they are then converted to Universal Time (UT1) as presented here. The parameter ΔT is used to convert between the two times (i.e., UT1 = TD - ΔT). ΔT has a value of 244.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

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